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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Canadian Defense Minister Peter Mackay says there will soon be a Victims' Bill of Rights. Darn it ! Criminals and their lawyers are not going to like this. But don't fret. Lawyers always get their money somehow.

I am a crime victim in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and I am also a victim of cancer as a result of what I have suffered since I was attacked and robbed in my home by Dawn McSweeney - with the help of a Montreal Police officer.

Will I live long enough to see justice for the criminals who robbed me and destroyed my family? Will that Victims' Bill of Rights bring justice for us ?

It is too late for my parents who have died since the first crimes were committed.

I have been pleading for justice day and night for 17 years, and I am holding on to see the day when there is justice for crime victims like us in Canada.

Detailed reports of the crimes of Dawn McSweeney and those she brazenly calls her "partners in crime" on her own blog are open to the world at http://dawnmcsweeney.blogspot.com. I am offering a $5,000. reward and more.

Phyllis Carter

Defence Minister Peter MacKay speaks during question period in the House of Commons.

OTTAWA - A long-promised victim's bill of rights is about to be introduced in Parliament, driving another potential political lightning rod into the already fractured ground in the House of Commons.

Justice Minister Peter MacKay, in a letter to the Conservative caucus on Sunday, said he looks forward to delivering on the throne speech commitment "over the next few days."

The letter was obtained by The Canadian Press and the introduction of the legislation is bound to turn up the heat with the Opposition, which has been consumed by the fight against the Harper government's proposed electoral reforms.

The proposal, when it appeared in last fall's speech opening the new session of Parliament, drew a swift response from legal advocates, notably the John Howard Society which described the notion as a return to "medieval" justice and a distraction from the real problems facing the system.

MacKay, in an interview last fall, said the government's intention is to extend the involvement of victims "from the time of the offence to the final disposition of the sentence."

He said the government doesn't want them to be just another Crown witness, but an effective voice.